Russian Female Expedition Reaches The South Pole

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January 13, 1996

MOSCOW — An expedition of five Russian women became the second from their country to reach the South Pole this year, a news agency reported Friday. The women's expedition, named Metelitsa, reached the South Pole on Thursday, Interfax said. The news was relayed by a radio operator in Chile. The women traveled the final several hundred miles in strong winds and heavy snow, Interfax reported. The expedition derives its name from the Russian word for blizzard. The first expedition to reach the South Pole this year also was Russian; solo explorer Fyodor Konyukhov arrived on skis Jan. 7.